Fire crews attended Land’s End Airport after a burning smell was noticed.

The scent was seemingly coming from one of the aircrafts, though no-one was on board at the time and it was not being used for flight.

Paul Carpenter contacted Cornwall Live just before 4pm on Friday (November 3), to check whether we knew what was happening in the area.

He sent us a photo of the scene and said that three fire crews attended.

A spokesman for Land’s End Airport said there were no major problems and the crews were only called as a precaution.

“During a routine aircraft maintenance ground run this afternoon an engineer reported a burning smell and in line with the airport’s procedures we asked fire crews to attend as a precaution,” they said.

Passers-by spotted the Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service crews at Land's End Airport this afternoon (Image: Paul Carpenter)

“There were no passengers on board and the aircraft was not in service.